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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Birdie Block of the month

I joined up in a block of the month group with little miss shabby. Embroidery is a new adventure for me. I just started to teach myself through you tube videos and blogs. Although it's only a few months into it, I really love having another project to have on hand while traveling or when I just want to relax with a glass of wine.

Every month Little Miss Shabby will post a new embroidery challenge for everyone to make. It's a free design and you can quilt along with us, and share your blocks with the flickr group.

Fabric used::

Robert Kaufman Kona Snow

Moda Sugar Pop - by Liz Scott

How do you learn a new talent? Books? Classes? Are you more a visual learner rather then a person who can be told something and just do it? I am curious now.

15 comments:

I joined this one, too! And it'll be my first foray into hand embroidery, so we'll see how it goes!

When learning something new, I usually scour blogs for tutorials. If I can't find much, I'll post on Flickr and/or look on YouTube. Unfortunately, I find that with more "traditional" crafts, it's hard to find a good modern book on the subject. Luckily the quilting world has so many great new books that have come out, so that's not a problem there.

Your birdie block is adorable! I'd love to learn embroidery, too! I've been practicing free motion using my sewing machine. I've not had a lot of luck with u-tube videos. I tend to check out books at the library to learn new stuff. I also blog hop to find tutorials.Keep up your good works...I think you've nailed embroidery!Angela

Cute block! I like to learn through books but sometimes I can't get ahold of the ones I'd like to learn from. Would love to do classes but can never get out of the house for one. So online is usually where I find all the things I need to know.

OK I am obsessing over this little bird now! Don't have time for it but I have to do it! Thanks Terri for showing it to me! I love you for this. {If I finish it!} I will call my quilt Terri's Twitter because I saw it through you on twitter! I'm off to print it out now and research this some more! --Wendy from WendysHat